Chapter 9 

The Forty Years  

    The Forty Years is the period of time from A.D. 2000 to late 2039 or early 

2040, inclusive. This chapter was written to console and inform those 

faithful Christians who must suffer much during the greater part of the Forty 

Years. It is a small consolation compared to the great gifts, graces, signs, 

wonders, and miracles which God Himself will give in preparation for, 

during, and after this time of great suffering. God is going to punish the 

world, but He will also strengthen His people in the world, so that they can 

endure the sufferings which God will send. 

    The first several years of the Forty Years will contain fewer sufferings and 

could be considered a time of preparation. Next, God will give the world 

special graces to prepare for the punishments to come. Then various 

extraordinary sufferings will be sent upon the world, as described in the 

Book of Revelation, including war and famine. And God will give the world 

one affliction after another for the remainder of the Forty Years. Yet, 

throughout these years of suffering, God will bless His faithful children. The 

Church will increase in faith, holiness, unity, and love for God and 

neighbor. The worst of the sufferings will occur during the latter part of the 

Forty Years, especially the 2030's. 

The Beginning of the Forty Years 

     I confirm to you that, by the Great Jubilee Year 2000, there will take 

place the Triumph of My Immaculate Heart, of which I foretold you at 

Fatima, and this will come to pass with the return of Jesus in glory, to 

establish His Reign in the world. 

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    These words were spoken by the Virgin Mary to Fr. Gobbi of the Marian 

Movement of Priests. The year A.D. 2000 was a Jubilee year. This year was 

also the beginning of a 40 year period of time which will transfigure the 

Church and the world to conform more closely though not yet 

completely to God's will. That is why the Virgin Mary said that the year 

2000 would be the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart. The year 2000 is the 

beginning of a period of time that will transform the Church and the world, 

through special graces from God and through a time of great suffering, to 

become closer to God.